"Get off a few good ones" nghĩa là gì?

Cười y như chưa bao giờ được cười. Photo by  Vidar Nordli-Mathisen

"Get off a few good ones" = Tránh vài điều/người tốt -> Kể một vài trò hề hoặc kiểm soát được một vài lời chỉ trích nặng.

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Pop was blessed in many ways, but the side of him I enjoyed most was his sense of humor. He loved to laugh and to make people laugh, a gift that is one of life’s most magic spices. He could get off a few good ones like a Vaudeville star and would work them into his speeches and remarks in amazing ways. They were often off-color (thô tục) but he was having such a good time telling them that his audience, especially at graduations, would roar (la hét) with laughter.

If you’re a comedian (diễn viên hài), that’s your job (and your moral compass (kim chỉ nam cho phẩm hạnh, đạo đức) ). But is it possible to be a comedian when you don’t know who you’re making jokes for? When you’re unsure who’s listening and what kind of mood they’re in? How can comedians get off a few good ones they want in a world where the butt of those jokes – from powerful politicians to powerless constituents (lập hiến) – don’t just get upset but turn a community against you or threaten legal action? Can comedy survive in this age of outrage (sự sỉ nhục)?

Wolf says: “I’m really lucky because I get all these premises (tiền đề) that haven’t been thoroughly explored before.” Being a girl in a boys’ club has its privileges (quyền ưu tiên). Not that she settles for clapter or you-go-girl woo-hooing (tán tỉnh, ve ván). “I’m not, like, a buy-my-own-drinks kind of feminist (nữ quyền),” she says at the start of her last special. “We all have our lines. Mine is at the bar.” She won’t be drawn on the overwhelming maleness of comedy nor the lack of diversity (sự đa dạng, phong phú) in late night. (She had a brief talkshow foray (sự đánh phá) with The Break, which Netflix commissioned for 10 episodes.) “It’s just going to take time,” she says matter-of-factly. And while she waits she’ll keep getting off a few good ones.

Bin Kuan

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